Historically, when we learned to fish, to gain experience and knowledge, we read books, accompanied more experienced anglers or learnt by our mistakes and trial and error. That's no longer the case and is demonstrated by the fact that you're reading this page!

The internet has brought information to the masses and Fishing has a vast presence on the World Wide Web! Yes, we still buy the magazines and books, but some of the information contained in them is often out of date and not really what we're after.

To fill that gap, enterprising and like minded anglers have created a number of useful forums that are free to use and welcome new and experienced anglers with open arms.

Check out some of the links below and get involved!

A brand new forum for Ogmore Angling Association members!

Dedicated to all things that concern the Ogmore and Ewenny. Join up and have your say! Have a question that needs answering? Don't know what tactics to use? Need more information than is currently available on the website? Ask away - that's what it's there for!

Primarily designed for Association members, visitors are very welcome to air their views, add input and generally become involved. See you there!

The local Forum for all things seatrout. A much younger forum than The Seatrout Fishing Forum, however, it contains some excellent resources for the Seatrout Angler including discussions, tips, fly tying and flies. It has an excellent and up to the minute River Reports thread which contains a highly active thread on our very own River Ogmore!

It also contains some excellent advice should you wish to give other South and West Wales rivers such as the Neath, Tawe and Towy a go. Check out the Forum and get involved!

Mainly about Fishing for Salmon on the various Rivers in Scotland. However, the forum contains excellent advice from many contributors who have a wealth of experience having fished many Rivers throughout Europe and places farther afield.

It has a variety of discussion topics including a general board for those of us new to the Sport, a photo gallery and up to the minute River reports from all over the UK. Some excellent threads on fly tying and places to fish offer good advice to every budding Salmon angler. Try it!

A Forum for those that pursue the Seatrout further afield. It has a lively discussion on all things Sea Trout related including River reports, fly tying, useful links, photos and fishing news.

Recently updated to include many other species and disciplines such as Grayling, Salmon and Saltwater fly fishing, Fishing news and many other topics. Why not take a look?

A general forum that knows no boundaries! If you have a question, forum members here can generally answer it. If they don't know, they'll know where you can find the answer.

Covers all aspects of fly fishing including Trout, Seatrout, Salmon, Grayling, Saltwater and some categories that you might never have thought of. You can find excellent fly tying advice, casting clinics, tackle talk etc.

Well worth a visit!!

An excellent resource for those anglers that aspire to catch sea fish with a fly! The site mainly deals with the UK coastline and has various discussion boards including tackle, flies, flytying, casting and much more.

Thoroughly recommended especially for Bass and Mullet.

A fly fishing forum dedicated to that most effective of techniques for grayling and brown trout, Czech Nymphing!

Hosted by none other than the 1990 fly fishing world champion Jan Siman of the Czech National Team, the forum offers a wealth of experience concerning this technique.

The fly tying sections are superb. Offering tips and step by step tying sequences for czech nymphs and many more flies.

In addition, there is a vast array of links to Jan Siman's own website where you can purchase a variety of tools and materials to make genuine czech nymphs. Have a look!